It's annoying to realise you don't have some ingredient needed for your dish after you have started cooking. eReplacementParts made a handy infographic of food substitutes for common ingredients, which you can print out and stick to your refrigerator.

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The good part about this infographic is that it not only tells you the item you can substitute, but the amount required too. For example, it's fairly well-known that you can replace lemon juice in many recipes with apple cider vinegar. However, it's not a 1:1 ratio. If the recipe calls for 1tsp for lemon juice, you need to substitute it with 1/4th tsp of apple cider vinegar.